thor. how are you?i was wondering in your books with these scenarios that you come up with to write and then come and do you ever wonder or worry about maybe say the enemy of the united states looking at that and coming up with ideas about what you write? >> guest: that's a great question. an absolute legit question and very important. when i write my books i've got a team of what i refer to a sharpshooters. people either active in the different communities i am covering or recently retired. i share my manuscripts with them because a lot of times the information i gleaned from the book comes from time spent with them. maybe wouldn't be surprised, but i've had it happen where people said radix would you point a and item c. and you figured out be all in your own and cannot be in the book. i change it. i try and make sure i'm not giving bad guys any ideas that they would never heard he had. it is a balancing act like everything else. >> host: david, army vet. any thoughts on our military bureaucracy, espec

thor, as you can see, is a white horse. >> a real horse. >> a real horse. >> why are they using thor as a canvas, though? >> this is something that will engage the children. these children have autism. and so what they're trying to do is endath the kids so they won't be afraid of the horse and to help them connect with the horse. in the united states there are lots of of programs where they use horses to reach children with autism or the kids have something different and this helps them break outch their shell. this is causing a problem in brazil for some people because they think it's animal abuse. >> people have an issue with this? >> bull fighting is an abuse. >> this is not harming the horse, it's nontoxic paint. >> kids are also being taught to brush in and clean the horse. they even had two garment agencies come in and check out horses, and they did issue a statement from a veterinarian saying that the horses appear to be healthy. >> the kids are being stimulated and the horse is getting a massage. >> that's why people need to listen and read more thoroughly. >> you say that th

thor, how are you? >> i'm well, thankw you. >> with the scenarios that you come up to write in them, do you ever wonder or worry about maybe say the enemies of the united states looking at that andwo coming up with ideas from what you write? >> that's a great question. it's an absolutely legit question and it's important. when i write my books i have a team what i refer to sharp shooters, active in the different communities uncovering or recently retired and i like to share my manuscripts with them. a lot of information comes from time spent with them. you would be surprised but i had it happen, brad, we told you point a and we told you item c and you figured b all of your own and d cannot be in the book, b has to come out and i change it. i actually try to make sure i'm not giving bad guys any ideas that they would already have. it's a balancing act like everything else. >> host: david, army vet, any thoughts on our military bureaucracy especially the ratio of flag officers to enlisted. >> i can't comm

on his last leg thor traveled from the u.a.e. to oman then into yemen and then back into oman he then got on a container ship and sailed into the gulf to qatar there would have been a much easier way for thor to get to qatar by land the only problem is of course there's only one land border here at abousamra and saudi arabia closed it in june twenty seventh teen when the blockade of qatar began and now the next step is how am i going to get away. thor's next hurdle is getting into saudi arabia to make that happen he has to board another container ship he's hoping to get off at a port in the u.a.e. but if not he will have to sail to india and then head back towards bombing that is if he can get a visa it's a political and logistical nightmare but he says being an explorer and meeting people is what makes the journey worth it it's really a mindset in relation to how we're going to meet people around the world and the other side of the border on the other side of the planet different skin color a different ideology how are we going

thor and booktv. you guys are great. i want to ask if his name influenced his sensibilities in writing at all and i also want to suggest for his next thriller if he could do a reluctant author being pulled into a political campaign. >> guest: >> caller: you are a very engaging personality. thank you for writing your books. >> guest: it's funny because a lot of people ask me is brad thor myt real name, and it is. way back i think in the 18 hundreds, the swedish government said we have so many erik saenz and that used to be because they would take your dad's name and address on or doctor depending on your gender and race if the government simply can't do this you got to pick a name for the family and thank god we had a great great grandfather erickson who said we are going to be thor. i'm very pleased with that as brad thor stacks very well on a book cover. >> host: if you can't get through on the phone lines, first-time calls only, you can do that on social media and we will school through those here as we go. this is a q

on a container ship and sailed into the gulf to qatar there would have been a much easier way for thor to get to qatar by land the only problem is of course there's only one land border here at abousamra and saudi arabia closed it in june twenty seventh teen when the blockade of qatar began and now the next step is how am i going to get away trying to thor's next hurdle is getting into saudi arabia to make that happen he has to board another container ship he's hoping to get off at a port in the u.a.e. but if not he will have to sail to india and then head back towards behaving that is if he can get a visa it's a political and logistical nightmare but he says being an explorer and meeting people is what makes the journey worth it is really a mindset in relation to how we're going to meet people around the world on the other side of the border on the other side of the planet different skin color a different ideology how are you going to approach those people and i truly do believe that a stranger is a friend you've never met before but it's really up to you instead of souvenirs thora co

. >> reporter: garret told his mom and dad i want to be burned like when thor's mommy died and turnedree so i can tea. see you later, suckers, he concluded. lit e guy much. >> reporter: when the celebration came to the close,t into the water and burned just like thor's mom, just like he wanted. garret michael matheus was 5 years old. >>> recapping our top story, all eyes are on finland this morning as the world anxiously awaits president trump's first official meeting with vladimir putin. president trump is now awaiting his counterpart at finland's presidential palace in helsinki for that high stakes meeting. it comes on the heels of a contentious nato summit. it's just hours away andthers still no set agenda. but according to a u.s. intelligence assessment the russian leader may ask trump to stay out of the conflict in ukraine and continue talks with north korea. we are looking ahead to that. the big thing is what is going to come out of thisnd what will we know given it's just going to be those two the tranceilators. thanks for waking up with us. >> keep >>> breaking news this morni

hi ashes sent into the water and burned just like m,thor's icst like he wanted.mathias, a.k.a., the great gret und pants was 5 years old. >> we are remembering you and your story tonight. we are appreciating part of youn even with us. join us tomorrow from helsinki where we willreak down all of the news. a that is nightly news for this sunday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. . - i never fle. - oh, that's good. you'll love it. - actress uzo aduba... oh, my god. [screams] - joins me in the pyrenees mountains in spain on a heart-stopping two-day adventure. - [screams] oh, my god. - uzo burst onto the scene playing suzanne "crazy eyes" warren on the megahit netflix series "orange is the new black," receiving two golden globe nominations and winning back-to-back emmys. but it wasn't easy turning her dream into a reality. - i am the product of the american dream. and if i had not had dreamers in my own life, i would not be sitting here with you. - tonight, we'll take on the pyrenees mountains in spain... - b

interact with brad thor by phone, twitter, or facebook. our special series in depth, fiction addition today, live from new-3 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span two. aboutated columnist talks her book "sex matters" how modern feminism lost touch with love and common sense. >> we send such confusing messages to young people and so young women, i don't envy them. this was a story that i put in the book about a number of women athletes who have posed topless or semi-topless for sports illustrated and one of them i i am proud ofid " my body and i want to help young women who might have body image issues." my telling is that is a crock. dignified, they should remember that when you disrobe, it is very hard for people to take you seriously. a man looking at a picture of a topless woman is not going to fantastict that athlete, isn't it wonderful that she does not have any problems with body image? he is going to think about sex. he is not going to think of her in a respectful way, either. that is why i said, angela merkel is the chancellor of germa

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program title thor's a giving diving lessons to a young football trade team trapped in a flooded cave system the twelve children on their coach have been stranded for eleven days but the floodwaters rise they could be stranded some months or even drought i mean fs is going to be extremely challenging for the non-swimmers among some of the latest force it shows that in reasonably good health. weak but in good spirits the boys receive medical treatment and food after more than a week underground they are now being cared for by the tiny the seals the video footage has reassured their loved ones officials are working to install a cable so that parents can talk to their children it is not yet clear how or when the team will be brought to the surface after their harrowing ordeal authorities aren't taking any risks. we need to be one hundred percent confident in order to get the boys out. and it does not have to happen all at once. it depends on the circumstances. but they don't have to come out at the same time because they're all in a different condition. we

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itself and the german chancellor will definitely come out of this damage because she's seen her or thor she challenge from within her own political calm and she well if i was to ask to be allowed to resign she would be left with yet another unknown within her own coalition and this could also mean bad news for her government coalition so we're so far from really seeing what the outcome here will be tonight. melinda do you see any room for compromise between chancellor angela merkel and the various c.s.u. . absolutely i see that and certainly some members of the c.s.u. indicated in the past two days that they see it as well there were efforts by party leaders on both sides both the christian democrats the chancellors conservatives and the varian conservatives to say essentially the c.s.u. had put this debate in motion that the c.s.u. was partly responsible for the movement that did occur in brussels in other words an effort to really give the c.s.u. a face saving way to deescalate the whole conflict and i think there are members of the c.s.u. who have said all along we don't want to brea

i will ask brad thor. he has a new thriller out, "spy master" that hits shelves tomorrow.come back. >> no tie in new york either, so we are good. kennedy: you got the memo. should the president be distrustful of vladimir putin as john bolton was before he joined the administration? >> when you shake putin's hand you have to count your fingers. bolton is still disdistrustful of putin. you tint old spy has an agenda going into this. he knows trump, he knows how to work trump and he knows how to work trump. the most trump will get out of this will be a photo-op. there will be some concessions much some sort from putin. and he'll shoot from the hip and agree to. i think we should take a collective deep breath. i don't think there is anything that terrible that will come out of this summit. donald trump whether you like him or don't like him is president of the united states. he's entitled to do this. if congress doesn't like it they can cow boy and start taking some of their power back from the executive they have been ceding for decades. kennedy: you see you that frustration

announcer: best-selling author brad thor will be our guest on in-depth fiction addition, live sunday at noon eastern. his latest book "spymaster" will be published on july 3. his other books include, "use of force", blacklist, and other thrillers. interact with the breadth or by phone, twitter, or facebook. our special series come in-depth fiction addition, with author brad thor, sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span bank. two. c-span >> hundreds of rallies were held around the country today under the banner families belong together to protest the trump administration's immigration policies. one of the rallies was in lafayette square across the street from the white house, while the president is in new jersey for the weekend. this portion is one hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. 30,000 and growing. because there are parents right now who can't sing lullabies to their kids. and i am just going to sing a lullaby that i wrote, and this is for those parents, and we are not going to stop until they can sing them to their kids again. [applause] ♪

often talked with them and they complain more and more about the increasing pressure from companies or thor to use who even threaten to close them down if they don't respect their demands in reality we think this outlet is upsetting with ortiz because of its independence and professionalism if you prefer should actually do just. that independence is crucial. r d c is a blogging conglomerate founded in two thousand and sixteen mostly funded by the dutch government promising an independent alternative voice the collective provides a platform for more than one hundred bloggers in eight cities but with just six percent internet penetration the impact of these bloggers on congolese both inside and outside the city remains low. bar is director. that is just one of the many challenges that remain before the media can play a central role in changing the course of the deer see the future. something has to change in the mainstream media because although we now have the internet and young people use it like never before radio remains the number. one medium radio stations could be big players bringing

[applause] ♪ ♪ >> president donald trump will his nom fee thor the supreme court filling the rack kansiby retiring justice anthony kennedy. watch the announcement live monday night at 9:00 p.m. c-span and c-span. org or listen on the free c-span radio app. day night on q&a, on thece journalist washington post magazine article lost and loaded another lord on the late reverend and their church in newfoundland, pennsylvania. up int is going on is a co min ling of aligion, politics and guns to degree we have not seen before. still is small church. aboutis no question that. shawn has worldwide following. be maybe 200d people in the congregation pennsylvania, 500-1,000 worldwide. you can follow the web cast every week, but it is that inmingling of passion and america and what, what does this say about us as a culture and what -- is this any -- is this any precursor what we may see down the road m when you get the genie mixingthe bottle of guns and religion of any society, it is usually problematic. at 8:00y night eastern on c-span's q and a. book tv recently visited membershill to ask of cong

there's really no question and hasn't been any question since thor of 2016 during the elections bah theattend, but trump has tried many times to deny that. you may remember him saying it would be a $24 cabinet. >> it's the 1,800 gorilla that was doing it. >> yeah. jha okay. so this is thing that would seem the president is very much been looking forward to for a very long time. he has signalled no desire to summit the subject. ma would there be reason for him to cancel the summit? >> no, i don't think so. only if some dramatic diplomatic steps were taken by the administration and that's going to happen. no, for putin this is super important. he wants to be seen as an equal and trump sneems to be treating him as an equal. one of those for instance is about use crane. he wants to tell trump that he doesn't really understand the ukraine situation. i don't know of course that he interviewed with the elections. he'll lie about that and sometimes trump had accepted that lie and they will put syria near the top of the agenda. putin would like to have absolute control over the situation and wou

thor had no fear leaping from both decks right into the ocean with their kids. the damons and hemsworths love to vacation together. but matt told us that there's one big issue. >> my wife doesn't like it when chris has that beefy body, either, it's just too much. >>> as for chris' little brother liam? well, we showed you how he and fiancee miley took to instagram yesterday, seemingly to fight reports that they had split after cyrus deleted her instagram posts. but why'd she scrub her social media clean in the first place? today, a source tells "e.t.," miley simply likes to change things up. she is working on new music and plans to come back with brand-new instagram. ♪ we can't stop >> my managers are like, are you okay? are you on this planet because we haven't heard from you, we haven't seen any instagram posts. >> but when will we hear wedding bells for the couple? we're told there is no rush. she felt that all the pressure of a wedding put unnecessary strain on their relationship. and like all couples, liam and miley fight, but they both agree they are in it

charting me now, author of "spymaster," best-selling author, brad thor.have you with us. >> great to be here. >> shannon: you have are studied russia inside and out. you've written about it and talked to the experts. where do you make of where we are and the relationship between the two presidents? >> is at an all-time low. it's very, very bad. if winston churchill had that great phrase, which is, "java ja is better than war war." if you are talking to him better than worrying. you have a sophisticated audience, i think they understand what's at stake. a fair-minded person can say, putin is a dangerous guy. a former kgb officer, very smart, he knows how to get to trump if he wants to get to trump. now president trump, i don't know how much prep he's done for this but i will say this. when john bolton behind him, noy is going to take advantage of donald trump. i don't care what bolton says now that he's withdrawn. he is a russia hawk. he does not trust putin, he doesn't trust the russians and he is the kind of guy that every american should be taking a bre

. >> reporter: garrett told his mom and dad, i want to be burned like when thor's mommy died and made into a tree so i can live in it when i'm a gorilla. when i die, i'll be a gorilla and throw poo at daddy, words he hoped would draw smiles and not tears. >> i miss the little guy so much. >> reporter: as the celebration drew to a close, music played, his ashes symbolically thrown into the water wanted. garrett matthias, a.k.a. theat gattetgatt et garrett underpants, was 5 years old. blake mccoy, nbc news. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. join us tomorrow night from helsinki when we'll break down all the news from the president's high stakes meeting with vladimir putin. that is nightly news for this sunday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> tonight, from helsinki, who now. good evening and >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm vicky nguyen. did you feel it? an earthquake hit the bay area. >> rob mayeda, not a large quake b

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. >> 1's stuck downing on thor one's throat. >> that's a little rude recording there their courting session. >> not a courting session, this is a fight and those are two black storks. look at those long beaks. you don't want anything like that poking at you. >> how did they get so stuck? >> well, if you stick your beak far enough in something that's smaller, boom, you're going to get stuck. >> don't stick your beak into other people's business. >> there's one. there you >>> there's about a song and a dance for everyone situation. ♪ >> you can tell that she's been pregnant for way too long. mama's about to pop, but doesn't stop her from popping and lock, she's got moves better than me, basically nine months pregnant. >> and she's carrying extra weight. >> she's got a partner. >> baby daddy? >> yes. >> or is this some random cop that showed up. >> 911, i need someone to come down and get many baby you the off hee. >> somebody was packing some heat. >> now we know how she got pregnant. >> mama got the moves for sure. >> did you see how low she got? she dropped it to the ground. >> they say the

i don't see where the states or the big box retail thors or the -- retail the ilers or the e electronic merchants are going to comply without legislation. >> and george, the idea that there is chaos in the implementation here, and we need a moratorium, and forgive me, because i don't remember the name of the fourth defendant in this south dakota case, but it is remind me off who it was? >> system x. >> okay. so if i recall correctly system x was in lawsuit and south dakota sued for declaratory judgment and they said, okay, we will comply. i could be wrong on this, but i many understanding is that they started to complying essentially overnight, so i a realize that the response may be, well, they are a huge company versus the small businesses that we are concerned about here, but it is possible for a companies to start complying particularly with the streamline sales tax agreement and there is software available and paid for by the states, and it is not perfect yet, but the idea that we need a moratorium here is, you know, pushing the envelope a little too far. >> and let me clarify the

roz play thor, nbc bay area news. >>> the fbi taking over the search for a missing college student. 20-year-old molly tibbetts goes to the university of iowa. she hasn't t hasn't been seen since last wednesday night. she lives in brooklyn, iowa between des moines and cedar rapids. her father works in san francisco currently. >>> of white house politics. two of president trump's most critical advisers wrapping up their visit to stanford today meeting with australian leaders. most of the questions were about russia. today's meeting was supposed to address common issues with australia including security and trade. when mike pompeo addressed reporters, the hot topic was trump's meeting with putin. >> there were many things that came from an important meeting between trump and putin, one i think the world will have benefitted from when history is written. >> outside of there, the small group of protesters gathered at the hoover institute outside bringing that inflatable chicken meant to resemble president trump. >> still ahead, he has a troubled past. what we've learned tonight about this m

joining me now, michael mcfall, msnbc international affairs analyst, the awe thor of "from cold war tothe inside story of russia and america. i'm glad to get your insights on these matters. with you being in helsinki, tell me what the expectations are ahead of this meeting. >> reporter: well, the expectations are very low on both sides. in russia, if you look at the russian media, all they want is a photo-op. they want it to be a happy meeting. like wise on president trump's side, they really haven't said there's any agenda. they are not trying to get anything done. they are trying to have a first formal meeting with vladimir putin. >> it's been said that the president overruled his advisers in making this a formal summit, the pomp and circumstance. does that raise expectations? >> it's a bad idea. there was no reason for this. trump initiated this to feel like a summit meeting in a third country like we are doing in helsinki. by doing that, it suggests we are moving on, president trump forgot about the fact putin annexed crimea from ukraine. he propped up a dictator with assad and vio

. >> if not thor that guy helping him out, he was in the worst possible position.een better off staying down on the ground off to the side and out of the way of the train. but just by trying to help himself he put himself in more danger. >> and the worst part is the conductor of this train was fully expecting to hit this person. they say it takes about a kilometer before a train can come to a complete stop. you can imagine even if he sees this person and you slam on the brakes, you may not be able to stop in time. authorities released this video because they want people to be extra careful. it seems like it's common sense, right? >> don't fall off the platform. >> right. but it continues to happen. so, yeah, if you're near any train tracks, be extra careful and don't drink and ride. >>> you guys are looking for a sort of world record experience, you might want to make your way to the united arab emiras whehe havehe world'e. it'snef pretty io and why not incredible experiences. i ime, t ouwl kited up they send you on your way flying like you are superman. >> that's

whose novels include the last page create and post recently "spymaster." >> host: brad thor over the course of 18 books, how many people hasle sought killed? >> guest: i think i lost count after book number one. one. he's killed a loss. >> host: y.? >> guest: my children's godfather is a special forces group who works for the state department and he had a whiny and he got from a commander somewhere in his career in the army that said some people just need killing some people you will not be able to reason with or negotiate with and that is the kind opp

consumer up i think the manufacturers could potentially feel a little bit of pressure winnebago and thoreally good at taking other costs out of their business to be able to absorb some of that. but we're buyer of rvs in america and unlike the automobile business, it's not regulated. if you're a ford dealer, you pay the same price for a ford whether you have 500 stores or 1 store. that doesn't necessarily apply to us. you can interpret what you want from that. while there may be increases in pricing, you know me well enough to know i'll be the last to want to absorb that increase. >> so a few dollars a month because of the costs of tariffs so that's not too much i would imagine that rising rates are a bigger concern for you in terms of the consumer and what they choose to buy in many terms of the price level are we at a point where we should start worrying about this, about the impact >> i don't think so. really, you know, our industry is really affected by the availability of credit, not the price of credit. and granted, as the interest rates move up, it definitely changes the consumer's

lib area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not be us and i think we're all thor in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint not the go around the golan the approaching towards the goal and i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis will acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the goal and there's no reason why they should they should want it to. be the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation and remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the same scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of lip which to thumb down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced and i believe there will be another fake chemical attack which will trigger a real really dangerous crisis you know all that when we go to richard and people that do that are actually desperate that'

take you to actually used to be anonymous but that's a thing of the past in one chinese city where thorand his are installing facial recognition systems in cabs it's part of china's push for increased surveillance with one camera for every eight citizens but as a reporter but he is building a found out system still has its quirks. catch a cab in the southern chinese metropolis of shouldn't and like me you can expect to be watched taxes here are gradually gaining close circuit t.v. cameras installed above their rearview mirrors. but i think it's ok it improves safety for both drivers and passengers. more than half of all taxis are already c.c.t.v. monitored the pictures are transmitted live to the transit or thora t. here please can see which driver the vehicle is registered with and what's happening in it at all times using facial recognition software or thirty's can also later track what route a certain passenger took. you know what to the part we don't see passenger privacy is an issue. these are private vehicles but modes of transport that are available to the public and they're used

>> you have individual or thors from this big batch of stuff that shows up. people sit there all day, and our robots do that part of the task and the workers then go do the packing or the auditing or the, you know the testing and that kind of stuff. >> that is a big help for the warehouse staff, and yet the great fear for so many people out there sfor many people is being replaced by a robot. it is something that you're nervous about? are you nervous that you're going to be creating machines that take over human jobs? >> now the more time that we spend developing it the more we realize how complex and intelligent and complex humans are. we let the robots do the mundane things they don't like to do, and we let people do creative work and judgment tasks in a warehouse. everyone wants to create a wonderful experience for the customer. so we focus on things that people don't want to do. >> and you equivalent it to a forklift. >> when forklifts people first came out, people were worried about job loss. when people wanted to be a forklift driver, they got to get pa

>> and now live on booktv, our year-long fiction edition of in-depth continues with novelist brad thor here his books include "the lions of lucern," the last patriot, and most recently "spy master" ." >> host: brad thor over the course of 18 books, how many people have scott killed? >> guest: i think i lost count after book in one picky skill a lot. a lot of them. >> host: why? pgh guest: my children's godfather is a former special forces group person picky works for the state department and he had a line

joining me now is the thor of that u.n. report., sir. >> thank you. >> so explain first why you decided to take on this assignment and what the objective was. >> well, my role in advising the human rights council is to visit a number of countries each year. i most recently went to countries like china and saudi arabia. it seemed to me that the united states has a major influence on policy relating to poverty and human right. it was an ideal time to undertake a visit. >> and when you went, did you -- were you surprised by what you started to discover or were you already aware of some soft problems? how would you describe your journey. >> i knew basically what i was going to find. those contrasts are really dramatic. when you consider the statistics which i think was the really important thing the starting point for the trump administration is that it inherited the most unequal society in the west and it inherited 40 million people living in poverty. while i was there it was putting in place policies that seemed to be deliberately de

is involved lee the main opposition leader has accused the electoral of thor it is of bias just days before the vote the first for it since the ousting of robert mugabe nelson chamisa says monday's presidential election is set to be fraudulent but his party will not boycott the vote he's up against president amazon men and god and his zanu p.f. party. what we have results to do is to make sure that we do what they are free and the players. must be defeated defeated in terms of the overwhelming sentiment in the country that we are not going to allow them to get away with murder literally and metaphorically what does it mean what it does mean is that on monday that it will july it is independence day for the second republic we are going to be voting overwhelmingly meanwhile the u.n. has said that even though the levels of violence are not as high as they have been in the past the treatment of female candidates has been particularly worrying. we remain remain concerned however the increasing number of reports particularly in some rural areas of voter intimidation threats of violence hou

our special series, in-depth fiction edition with brad thor is sunday, live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book tv. next, aggressive unpopular culture in the 1840's. she talked about the importance of data to all classes of society during this. including shakespearean performances. she also describes the high literacy rate in the united edged and the rise of serialized novels and ladies journals. her classes about 45 minutes. isout of it for today popular culture. we have been talking about the social changes that go on in the 1830's and 1840's in the united states. what we will do is look at how popular culture reflects some of the conflict that go on in american society already social changes. we are going to be surprised to see that theater and what people read becomes a point of conflict over issues about gentility. about the spread of gentility through american culture. when you pause and remind ourselves of what that was. if i say vernacular gentility, what do i mean by that? spread of a more common style of gentility and the american middle class that was originally taken

one of the miners was injured, had a knew mortar thor red sox. knew mort knew mo thorax. >> thank you so much, dr. sanjay gupta. we're hearing from the people of thailand reacting to the four boys. we got the audio translated so take a listen. >> translator: i am so happy the boys can go out of the cave and get treated at the hospital just like the operation was planned out. >> i am glad to hear that. i have been watching this. i know there is a limited time to get things out. at first i heard a few boys would get out but when i knew there were four i was so happy. i want them to come out soon to get good food. >> i am very happy they are safe. i want them to get out as soon as possible. >> oxygen tanks are being refilled. it's a race against time. we have monsoon rains hitting the cave after the first rescues. countries from around the world is lending resources and expertise. the help the u.s. government is providing next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ like concert tickets or a new snowboard. matt: whoo! whoo! jen: but that all changed when we bought a house. matt

there will be a week -- >> that is the thor question, the democrats' to keep it alive with midterms and hearings and president told putin, you know dozen of lawmakers watching. >> it will not last. and i think that probably more outrageous things that happen between now and the midterms. but i think that is -- >> they say that i want to take back the house. >> it is crazy talk it shows no real, agenda, ex soa except we'g to contribute site president trump. this is amazing coming from people who were soft on russia. liz: obama did have sanctions but president trump is going after hard the inner circle. >> they are obviously hurting, it seems every time they might, that seems to be what mr. putin wants to talk about, he probably made it harder to remove the sanctions. >> to the chronology of what happened. indictment of russian officials friday, president was angry about, that. pompeo and bolton saying be tough on russia. he se sees those indictments rightfully brought. >> i think they might have been rightfully brought, but it is a political game, they will never be here, i could announc

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in on the fun by dressing up as their favorite characters , deadpool, guardians of the galaxy, and thorst some of the characters wandering around the convention center. this the biggest event for fans of these popular franchises. one of the biggest draws, look at some of the movies to come, jeff paul reports about footage shown from all command and a reboot of the predator. -- aquaman and a reboot of the predator. >> reporter: this is the sequel to fantastic beaks -- beasts, and then glass. then there is also the transformer sequel named bumblebee and a new animated spiderman. >> it is more emotional and funnier. i am proud of this one. >> you get to see bumblebee in his original form. i think i'm excited about that. >> he is darker, more menacing, violent, and tom hardy is playing himas venom. you cannot ask for better than that. >> reporter: coming here and dropping footage and debuting footage among thousands of fans are key to a movie success down the line, so i think if you can deliver an experience that is memorable, i think your film will go on to be a big hit. >> i am not so bad

thor authorities say the driver stayed at the scrie. >>> autes need your help finding a missing teenage girl. anna mara hernandez rodriquez. last seen thursday at her home on stafford streetn e wood bridge area. she's 15. her physical safety, authorities believe is at risk. call police if you know anything. >> the district council is days away from entering summer recessni and this m they are looking at two big issues that could impact how you live, work and enjoy your team. here in the nation's capital. news4 chris lawrence is at the wilson building down down wit details. good morning, orchris. >> rr: hey pat. the voters have spoken but turns out they may monot have the las word. the d.c. council just started its meeting and they are going to introduce legislation to appeal initiative 77. 's that's tha mean? tip worke,. bartenders waiters. if this passes they would keep on making $3.33 an hour plus their tips. what d.c. voters hav is to do away with the system and basically raise everyone up to a $15 minimum wage by the year 2025. in effect the council would be going against the will o

to the extent it's proven that russia meddled in our elections, would you not like to see thor perpetratorsrought to justice? who do you believe should be spared justice for the russia attack? aren'tly it's what the president says that raises questions. this time it's the other way around, what he would not utter. >>> this week "new york times" broke the stories that weeks before his inauguration, trump was given definitive proof that russia had -- and the new book "the perfect weapon." david, you know the big story today. it's michael cohen presumably having taped trump. what is robert mueller's interest in that issue, if any? >> it's not clear how interested he is in that, but clearly, if you look at what mueller has done, michael, over the past couple months, he did an indictment of the people who ran the internet research agency. they're the ones in russia who put out all of those ads and other commentary on facebook and other social media. then ten days ago he indicted 12 officers testify the gru, the russian military intelligence unit, that broke into the democratic national committee

kennedy: this is not some brad thor novel. this is really happening.hat's why people who are very tentative about not diplomatic relations, but a friendship with russia have to constantly remind the public of some of those very recent acts. what was your reaction as you were watching the press conference with the two presidents side by side. >> i was appalled. i knew what putin wanted. but the fact that president trump said this was an incredible idea whip was just appalled. he should have at that moment rejected it outright with no hesitation. the fact he thought it was an incredible idea and it took three days to turn this thing around is remarkable. kennedy: you claim vladimir putin has a net worth of $200 million. how does that factor into this aspect of his vengeance and wanting to repeal the magniski act. >> he keeps the money all over the world. he' the richest man in the world. is the person a human rights abuyers. kennedy: i said million, i meant billions. >> it's hard to imagine, $200 billion. he many the richest man in the world. vladimir pu

wednesday at 9:00 p.m., in-depth fiction addition with best selling author brad thor. thursday night at eight eastern michelle obama on her memoir the coming. then the book natural causes, and epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying and killing ourselves to live longer. watch book tv in prime time on c-span2. next, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and amy the guard on their book political risk how businesses and organizations can anticipate global insecurity. they were interviewed at the hoover institute by